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Articles 23121 through 23220 of 27969:
- Musharraf’S Trial By Sui Gas (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Mar 03, 2005)
The fall-out from the rape of a lady doctor by an army captain two months ago is still scorching Pakistan. President General Pervez Musharraf is trying to be a little discreet with words after his much-derided statement about the Baloch tribals not knowin
- Plan For Regional Satellite Navigation System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Mar 03, 2005)
India is planning a regional satellite navigation system, similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States.
- Put Your House In Order, China Tells U.S. (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Mar 03, 2005)
China today told the U.S. that "the Chinese people have the best say in their human rights situation" and hoped that Washington would "pay more attention to its own human rights problems" at home.
- Russia Clears Hurdles For Indian Investment In Oil Sector (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Mar 03, 2005)
The Russian Government has approved modalities for the merger between the State-owned oil company, Rosneft, and the natural gas monopoly, Gazprom....
- Twilight Of A Pontiff (Indian Express, RALF DAHRENDORF, Mar 03, 2005)
He may be seen as anti-modern and anti-Enlightenment, but Pope John Paul II symbolises heroism and human potential
- 339 Surrendered Militants Recruited By Crpf (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Mar 03, 2005)
The first batch of 339 surrendered militants of the erstwhile Bodo Liberation Tigers was today recruited by the Central Reserve Police Force.
- Kokkre Bellur, A Model For Conservation Efforts (Hindu, R. Krishna Kumar, Mar 03, 2005)
The people of Kokkre Bellur in Mandya district have shown the way in conservation of birds that is now drawing the attention of professional bodies from across the world.
- Dealing With Poverty Globally (Hindu, Gerard Errera, Mar 03, 2005)
Global taxation such as on air-travel or financial transactions could finance the fight against world poverty.
- High Yielding And Bold-Seeded Chickpea Variety (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
Scientists at the Division of Genetics at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have developed a high-yielding and bold-seeded `Kabuli' chickpea (Cicer arietinum) variety.
- The Tiger In Front (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2005)
India can learn much from China's breakneck economic expansion. But it has valuable lessons for China, too, argues Simon Long (interviewed here)
- Chileans Labour Past Retirement (Hindu, Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Mar 02, 2005)
Based on Chile's experience, one conclusion is that the Government will have to play a bigger role in any reformed pension system than the proponents of privatisation suggest.
- Abortion Right Becomes Hot Topic At Un Conference (Tribune, Maggie Farley, Mar 02, 2005)
Ten years after the landmark U.N. women’s conference in Beijing, thousands of delegates convened at the United Nations on Monday to review the world’s progress toward equality for women.
- Upa, Come Out From The Cold (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Mar 02, 2005)
A Representative from a third world country impressed his counterparts with the way he would vote at meetings of the WTO. Every time he said ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’, he turned out to be absolutely right from the point of view of the developing and underdevelope
- Tightening The Screws (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 02, 2005)
In announcing that it has suspended all arms supplies to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) following the February 1 coup d'etat by King Gyanendra, India has taken the salutary step of publicly registering its inclination and ability to take punitive steps
- Chinese Hedge To Indian It (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2005)
SOME of the world’s top banks have begun developing software in China, eyeing the country as a potential hedge against overdependence on India.
- Far From The Madding Media (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 02, 2005)
If you are away from a metropolis for a length of time, you realize, to your surprise, that your life is purer and more uncluttered if there is no English-language newspaper or an excess of news channels to overwhelm you.
- Stage-Managed By Army (Tribune, M B NAQVI, Mar 01, 2005)
IT could only have happened in Pakistan politics. A blazing row broke out last week inside the Cabinet of Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the Sindh Chief Minister. Dr. Ghulam Rahim has accused his Revenue Minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, of corruption and misuse
- Peace, Or A Mirage? (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 01, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Tel Aviv was a sobering correction to exaggerated hopes of peace breaking out in West Asia. There are many ways of looking at the central Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
- Still Miles Apart (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 01, 2005)
Despite some success in addressing the deep trans-Atlantic rift that emerged over the US invasion of Iraq, US President George Bush’s tour of Europe failed to address key differences between the US and Europe.
- Success Brings Disarray (Hindu, Larry Rohter, Mar 01, 2005)
The Brazilian Workers' Party may have become a victim of its own success.
- The Spanish Dancer (Tribune, Sreedhara Bhasin, Mar 01, 2005)
Today when I was getting ready in the morning to go to work, I opened the almirah and reached out to the shelf where I keep my perfumes. My hand touched a rounded white bottle of hard ceramic — Anais Anais.
- It’S Never Too Early To Start Learning About Money (Tribune, James Daley, Mar 01, 2005)
IF my parents had ever tried packing me off to business school during the half-term holidays when I was a teenager, I probably would have left home. At 14 years old, talking about money did not interest me, or my friends, in the slightest.
- Joys Of Napping (Deccan Herald, MAYA JAYAPAL, Mar 01, 2005)
The time was when I would feel guilty for taking an afternoon siesta and give a guilt-ridden account of how I get up at dawn and therefore need that mid-day rest. I don’t do that any more.
- A Survival Guide To Pc-Speak (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 01, 2005)
Since not everybody as smart as the whiz kid on the finance channel, here is a quick help to those who got stumped by the lingo that the FM deployed in his Budget speech.
- The Bigger Crime Of Crime Reporting (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 28, 2005)
TV News crime reporting and crime shows deserve today’s Oscar. Sansani (Star News), Dial 100 (NDTV India), Aaj Tak’s Jurm, or Sony’s Crime Patrol make CID look like children playing cops and robbers.
- A Pop Culture Coup For The Kgb (Tribune, Peter Finn, Feb 28, 2005)
The intrepid Russian spy, saving the Motherland if not the world, has come in from the cold. Not since his heyday in the 1960s and ’70s, when espionage novels and movies grabbed the imagination of a teen-age Vladimir Putin
- Half Answers To Global Imbalance (Business Line, V. Anantha Nageswaran, Feb 28, 2005)
The day of reckoning for the global current account imbalance, and the American dollar, is drawing closer. The Australian dollar might perform relatively better than its American counterpart
- Pipelines Or Pipe-Dreams? (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Feb 28, 2005)
New Delhi has indulged in two notable flip-flops in its relations with Pakistan in recent days. After initially insisting that passports would be required for travel across the LOC in the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service
- Putin Stands Firm (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Feb 28, 2005)
Mr. Putin has positioned Russia as too valuable a U.S. partner in security, non-proliferation, and energy for Mr. Bush to turn his back on him.
- Wildlife Crimes In Punjab (Tribune, Baljit Singh, Feb 28, 2005)
All of wildlife and associated wilderness habitats in Punjab are under a siege. And the siege constricts relentlessly by the day driving animals and birds to dire straits.
- Transition In Togo (Hindu, Lydia Polgreen, Feb 28, 2005)
Togo's African neighbours took the lead to ensure the country stayed on the road to democracy.
- Courts And Poll Pledges (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Feb 27, 2005)
Can Courts enforce election promises made by political parties during an election campaign? No, according to the Ontario Superior Court, Canada.
- The One-Man Centre (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 26, 2005)
It could only happen in Sindh. A blazing row is raging inside the Sindh Ministry. Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has accused his Revenue Minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, of corruption and misuse of authority.
- Moving On To Rehabilitation (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 26, 2005)
With rescue and relief operations almost over, the States affected by the tsunami have to tackle the challenge of rehabilitation in the days ahead.
- Of Kings, Coups, And Censorship (Hindu, Laxmi Murthy, Feb 26, 2005)
Nepal's King and his men have targeted the country's thriving independent media, which have fought back using satire.
- What's In A Name (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 26, 2005)
The suggestion that a university named after Keshav Baliram Hedgewar may be a RSS redoubt is both misleading and mischievous.
- When Are You Guys Going To Get It? (Indian Express, DEBORAH BLUM, Feb 26, 2005)
In victorian times, scientists argued that women’s brains were too small to be fully human. On the intelligence scale, researchers recommended classifying human females with gorillas.
- Still Seeking Right To Write (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 26, 2005)
The second legal battle to get the ban on Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s book Dwikhandita lifted has started with a West Bengal human rights organisation, APDR, filing a fresh plea in the high court.
- Stirrings In A Hopeless Land (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 26, 2005)
Nobody goes to Bihar too often. Actually, nobody goes there unless he or she has to. No surprise then that for all but one member of our group of Limousine Liberals
- Final Proof: Global Warming Is A Man-Made Disaster (Tribune, Steve Connor, Feb 26, 2005)
Scientists have found the first unequivocal link between man-made greenhouse gases and a dramatic heating of the earth’s oceans. The researchers — many funded by the US government
- Remembering The Holocaust (Deccan Herald, SHASHI THAROOR, Feb 25, 2005)
Whenever I think of Auschwitz or Birkenau, or Mauthausen, or Theresienstadt, the names that, in this season of Holocaust remembrance, are coming back to haunt us from 60 years ago
- Making India An R&d Powerhouse (Business Line, Habil Khorakiwala, Feb 25, 2005)
India and innovation? Global pharmaceutical majors would have laughed at such an association 10 years ago when it was fashionable to brand India as a nation of copycats and pirates.
- Look Beyond The Picture-Postcard (Indian Express, AVANTIKA REGMI, Feb 25, 2005)
In the past Nepal was only known as a popular tourist destination with quaint traditions, thousands of festivals, exquisitely carved temples, beer-guzzling gods, blood-thirsty goddesses, and even living goddesses, in exquisite natural beauty.
- The Epic Tale Of Bilkis Bano (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Feb 25, 2005)
A historic event in the evolution of our democracy is taking place in a Mumbai court and we do ourselves disservice by allowing it to be crowded out by other admittedly important stories.
- Arm In Arm (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 25, 2005)
A failed state in the neighbourhood cannot be a cause for comfort for any country. India, therefore, had no choice but to respond to the crisis in Nepal.
- The Democracy Dividend (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Feb 25, 2005)
An interesting aspect of President Bush’s efforts to mend fences during his visit to Europe has been his willingness to take the focus away from Iraq.
- Honey, I Shrunk The Dollar (Indian Express, Thomas L. Friedman, Feb 25, 2005)
I have just one question about President Bush’s trip to Europe: Did he and Laura go shopping? If they did, I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Laura must have said to George:
- Dreamworks Ltd (Indian Express, Mahesh Bhatt, Feb 25, 2005)
“On the film sets we make movies,’’ a movie director of great repute once said. ‘‘But in the cinema halls we sell hopes.’’
- Is Food Safety Bill Pro-Industry: Farmers Will Benefit (The Economic Times, SHYAM BAGRI, Feb 25, 2005)
At a time when food quality standards are acquiring an international dimension, and with food laws being re-written to conform to international standards all over the world
- Military Doctrine: No Radical Change (Tribune, Simranjit Singh Mann, Feb 24, 2005)
I have read with great interest “Needed a cohesive military doctrine” (January 8) written by Vice Admiral K.K. Nayyar (retd) and Vice Admiral R.B. Suri (retd) and some more on this doctrine by Col. P.K. Vasudeva (retd) on 18.1.2005.
- Pipelines Or Pipe Dreams? (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Feb 24, 2005)
New Delhi has indulged in two notable flip-flops in its relations with Pakistan in recent days. After initially insisting that passports would be required for travel across the LoC in the proposed Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service, we backtracked on this
- When Two Powers Meet (Hindu, Alexander Konovalov, Feb 24, 2005)
The Putin-Bush summit offers Russia an opportunity to reorder its relations with the West.
- The Real Gonzo Is Tough (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Feb 24, 2005)
There are many sins the hard-drinking, drug-overdosing, gun-loving, incorrigibly, often violently, behaved Hunter S. Thompson, who killed himself last Sunday, must be accounting for up there.
- Tale Of Two Democracies (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Feb 24, 2005)
Every vote counts, and every vote must be counted! That was the Democrats’ battle cry after the infamous American elections in 2000. What a shame that those words are now heard in the world’s largest democracy
- A Plan As A Canal Of Hope (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Feb 24, 2005)
The real debate on Sardar Sarovar now concerns the implementation phase. To some, however, it is still in the cul de sac of the mirages they had created, like water will not flow, there is no plan and the Adivasis will not move.
- Average Bihari Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai (Indian Express, Shaibal Gupta, Feb 24, 2005)
The assembly election in Bihar has been convulsed by several high-profile criminal incidents. In fact, over the years Bihar has acquired the dubious distinction of being the most lawless state of the country.
- Bus And Beyond (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Feb 24, 2005)
During the last conversation that this columnist had with J.N. Dixit shortly before his death, the late national security adviser said he was working ...
- Financing Higher Education — Law Needed On Cost-Sharing (Business Line, M. R. Narayana, Feb 24, 2005)
Financing of professional higher education (comprising modern and Indian system medicine, and engineering courses) has caught the attention of all stakeholders
- Jaafari’S Vision Isn’T Quite What U.S. Wanted (Tribune, Paul Richter, Feb 24, 2005)
Two years ago, as the United States planned to march into Baghdad, many in the Bush administration had a vision for Iraq’s first freely elected government in decades.
- Putting Cold Calls On Ice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 23, 2005)
Almost everyone who has a cell phone — which means almost any one of 45 million-plus subscribers in India — has been annoyed at some time or another by telemarketers.
- Making Government's Accounts... (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 23, 2005)
After the usual intro and rededication to the `seven clear economic objectives' of the National Common Minimum Programme, where the Finance Minister talked of the need to `shift gears'
- Tiny Is Beautiful (Hindu, Kenneth Chang, Feb 23, 2005)
Nanoparticles offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments.
- Tsi: `A Good Measure Of How Blood Flows In An Economy' ... (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Feb 23, 2005)
On January 29 last year, the US Secretary of Transportation, Mr Norman Y. Mineta, ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, announced the rollout of the first-ever Transportation Services Index ...
- Vicious Attack (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 23, 2005)
It is doubtful whether in all the history of vituperative venting of spleen by politicians against persons holding public offices, there had been anything so venomous as the abuses flung at the Chief Election Commissioner...
- E-Marriage (Tribune, Renu Bhardwaj, Feb 23, 2005)
It was the first e-marriage in the family. The usual jubilation and the fanfare typical of an Indian marriage had an undercurrent of anxiety. Nobody had seen the groom so far. Not even the bride.
- Bulldozing Basic Rights (Indian Express, MILOON KOTHARI, Feb 23, 2005)
Compare what has occurred in Mumbai with evictions and homelessness in Kenya or Mexico City or New Delhi. Certainly, in terms of both the sheer numbers of poor people affected and the brutality of the demolitions
- Europeans Intrigued (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Feb 23, 2005)
Mrs Margaret Thatcher may not have been amused to read of the visiting US Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, being described as the most powerful woman in the world. Headlines in the world media justified the description.
- Sense And Sensex (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2005)
The sensex, the benchmark stock market index, reached its all-time high of 6700 during intraday trading last Monday. Mercifully, there has been less hype this time than might have been expected.
- Street-Smart Sebi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2005)
Keeping the securities Exchange Board of India in tune with market trends and credible in implementing its regulatory framework has to be at the top of the agenda of the new Chairman....
- Who Will Fly Off With The Oscars? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 22, 2005)
While analysts of the Roman Catholic church have been parsing Vatican statements this month about the real state of the pope’s health
- The Credit Card Generation (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 22, 2005)
There is widespread concern over the easy availability of credit cards and loans, which have pushed up personal debt across age-groups to unprecedented levels in Britain.
- Two Winter Conclaves (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Feb 22, 2005)
Hundreds of NRIs descended on Bombay on 7 January. That was slightly irregular, for the BJP government had fixed 9 January as the Travelling Indians’ Day (TID);
- Spain's Lacklustre `Yes' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 22, 2005)
Europhile Spain has said a resounding `yes' by a margin of 70 to 30 in Sunday's referendum — the first grassroots test of the Constitution for the 25 member states of the European Union.
- Next Steps In Missile Defence (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 22, 2005)
As India enters talks with the United States today on acquiring Patriot missiles, it needs clarity on the elements that form an effective strategy to develop missile defence capabilities within the nation.
- A Bitter Harvest (Business Line, Vinod Mathew, Feb 22, 2005)
H represented the brave new `green' face of Indian enterprise. He was at the forefront when a number of young educated Indians looked at rural India as a means of livelihood, spurning the relative comforts of urban space.
- Saluting The Great Indian Village (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2005)
Like the Great Indian Family, the Great Indian village too has been an ideal that we never stop dreaming about. SHREE PADRE explores Balasandra - a village which connects the idea with reality.
- Consolidating Control (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 22, 2005)
Nepal’s King Gyanendra has shown no signs of relenting despite mounting domestic and international pressure on him to restore multi-party democracy in the country.
- Evil Designs (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Feb 22, 2005)
Far from bringing Iraq closer to democracy, the elections were a device by which the US sought to legitimize its occupation
- Foreign, Or Feudal, Direct Investment? (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Feb 22, 2005)
In the late 1970s, when I, along with a group of very interesting colleagues, graduated from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,
- Israel Migrant Workers' Raw Deal (Hindu, Rachel Shabi, Feb 22, 2005)
Each year thousands of foreign workers are invited to Israel, lured by the promise of good jobs and a new life. The reality is grimly different.
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